KIGALI, December 8, 2016 – The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has become the latest academic partner to commit its support to help close Sub-Saharan Africa’s skills gap in sciences,...

For Nitsu Simachew, a widow in rural Ethiopia, life was a constant struggle to maintain control of the small plot of land she depended on to support her four sons and daughter. “There were always boundary...

HERAT CITY, Herat Province – Computer science teacher Freshta Mohammadi, 25, stands in front of a class of 11th grade students at Mawlana Hatefi Girls’ High School. As the students look at a projected...

ABUJA, August 3, 2016 - A recent workshop in Abuja, Nigeria, brought together over 130 participants from 18 African countries, and delegates from Korea, China and international corporations to analyze...

In February of this year, the central bank of Bangladesh lost $81 million due to a cybersecurity attack. Skilled cybercriminals issued 35 instructions using the SWIFT messaging system used by banks that...

How can countries in Central Asia gain greater economic and social benefits from digital technologies and access to the internet? This important question was discussed recently at a regional presentation...

What if you could book your bus ticket in Haiti in under two minutes instead of four hours? Translokal, the start-up that is getting ready to launch Haiti’s first online ticket booking agency, will give...

More people around the world have access to mobile phones today than to electricity or water. Does this mean the digital revolution has truly dawned? The answer to that question is no, not yet, says the...

Kazakhstan’s Technology Commercialization Project fast approaches its completion in December 2015, and in a relatively short time, has demonstrated outstanding results: its success rate has reached 30%,...

QUELIMANE, December 14, 2015 – Odete Muximpua is used to being a trailblazer. Raised in the small coastal city of Quelimane by her mother and grandmother, she is the first person in her family to have...

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA November 19, 2015 – A range of institutions in Korea have expressed a strong commitment to strengthen PASET, an Africa-led international partnership to build scientific, engineering,...

BAMAKO, November 11, 2015 – After driving 370 miles across a hot and sparsely populated Malian landscape, we finally pulled into a residential neighborhood in Sikasso, a large town south of Bamako. We...

“Tech For Kids” was a series of events held in Beirut to expose children, teachers, and members of the Lebanese government to the use of innovative ICT tools in problem solving and collaboration in the...

Kadiatou Simankan, a secretary at the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources, has been working for the Guinean government for several years. When the administrative census, enrollment, and biometric identification...

Tamar Kaghzvandyan was captivated by images of “Alice in Wonderland” as a youngster and developed a passion for animated cartoons. Today, this 20-year-old, jean-clad, curly brunette – and Art Academy student...

SHIRE VALLEY, December 3, 2014 – Remote villages in Malawi most vulnerable to floods and other natural recurring events are now better prepared to deal with disasters, thanks to a new mapping exercise...

The Information Technology (IT) revolution is transforming labor markets globally in an unprecedented way, and the world is at the beginning of what some have called the “Sharing Economy.” New ways of...